Compared to City, United have given three times as many first-team debuts to youth-team graduates over the last five seasons. Indeed, United have offered eight more debuts than the next biggest promoter of youth, Chelsea.

But Arsenal lead the way for academy graduates having the biggest involvement in the Premier League, with their home-grown talent enjoying over 30,000 minutes – the equivalent of 335 matches – more than Man City’s.

To qualify, players must have joined their club prior to turning 18 or represented their club’s youth team/Under-18s. Premier League appearances only…

Premier League debutants from academy/youth team since start of 2013/14

Man Utd 21
Chelsea 13
Liverpool 11
Arsenal 8
Tottenham 8
Man City 7

Premier League minutes played by their own academy graduates since start of 2013/14